It is common for international faces to come to ‘El Hormiguero’. Last week Will Smith and Eva Longoria stopped by Pablo Motos’ (58 years old) program. This Monday he sits on the set Daniel Bruhl (45 years). The German-Spanish presents his new series, ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’. He plays the great French couturier Karl Lagerfeld. Further proof of the versatility of this actor who began his professional career on German television and who has been part of projects as large as the MCU (Marvel Cinematographic Universe).
He was born in Barcelona, but Daniel Brühl moved to Cologne, Germany, as a child with his parents, Hanno Brühl, a prominent German television director, and Marisa González Domingo, a Spanish teacher. Already in the school theater he demonstrated his acting skills, in addition to later doing radio and dubbing. Shortly after he would arrive his first opportunity on German television, the beginning of his entire meteoric career. ‘Schule’ was one of his most notable early films. Only a year later came his first critical recognition with the German Film Award for Best Actor with ‘The White Sound’.
With ‘Goodbye, Lenin’, he won the European Film Award for Best Actor in 2003 and received the enough fame to participate in ‘Inglourious Basterds’, by Quentin Tarantino, and ‘Rush’ (2013), stepping into the shoes of Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda. For his performance he was nominated for the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs.
He has been part of the Marvel universe twice, playing Helmut Zemo in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ (2016) and in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ (2021). For the series ‘The Alienist’ he received another new Golden Globe nomination for his performance, although without any luck either. To complete this wide range of works, Daniel Brühl has also directed his own film: ‘Next Door’.
His resume is extensive. He has been in the hands of the best in the world and he thought at first that, with his experience in front of the cameras, it could be very easy to get on the other side, but nothing could be further from the truth. She realized that she didn’t have a clue about many things. “I learned a lot at the beginning. I wanted to pretend to be the master, but I noticed that I didn’t understand many things. The first technical conversations we had, for me everything was the same. In the end, a director told me that what a good director does is good casting and that the rest is a very democratic process. You have to say if you don’t know something,” he said in his previous visit to ‘El Hormiguero’ about his debut behind the scenes.
Daniel Brühl, a tremendously discreet man
Daniel Brühl is a recognized face. He has participated in a long list of projects; However, little is known about his private life. He’s not big on rubbing shoulders on red carpets. He hates having photographs taken or being followed by the press. He is very happy leading a quiet life with his family. He has been married to the successful German fashion designer and businesswoman Felicitas Rombold since 2017, whom he met in a bar. “It makes me very happy that she is not a model, actress, or singer,” he said about her in an interview published in 2013 in El País. One more proof of the character of this actor, who is not similar to others who live and enjoy what fame and money gives them.
Together they have two children, for whom she cooks whenever she can. Stoves are his great passion since his mother taught him how to cook over the phone. In fact, it has two bars. In 2011 she opened her first tapas bar, called El Raval, in Berlin, which was followed by Bar Gràcia, located in the middle of the trendy Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, also in the German capital. The names of these businesses are clear nods to the city of Barcelona in which she was born.
Beyond his work, his family and his love for cooking, he enjoys helping charitable causes, listening to music (he even tried his luck in a group) and watching his beloved FC Barcelona games. He is also passionate about nature, the outdoors and as a faithful follower of Rafa Nadal. “Eternal champion Rafael Nadal, incredible, congratulations!” He wrote in one of his Instagram posts.
